ColdFiltered
join:2005-01-25
Atlanta, GA | AOL: The Leader in Idiot Behavior for Idiots
Yeah, for someone that needs to pay a premium for VoIP and doesn't mind also paying to be Spammed. LOL
I wonder what the quality of the phone calls are like with all those pop-ups? |
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askmrauto
Spam Fighter
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join:2005-04-05
San Antonio, TX
1 edit | I've said it before and I'll say it again, everything AOL touches turns into a f!@#$d up wet dream!!! |
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XCOM
digitalnUll
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join:2002-06-10
Houston, TX
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| said by askmrauto  :I'll say it before and I'll say it again, everything AOL touches turns into a f!@#$d up wet dream!!! ROFL!!!!
Thats just unique!
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rchandra
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join:2000-11-09
14225-2105
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| AOL VoIP for the AOL mentality
Gosh...I followed the link in the above article, and the page told me to open up my AOL software and go to a certain keyword. Great. Guess what, AOL? I don't have any AOL software. I'm not sure I'd run it, even if you DID have it for Linux. Fine. Play around in your own little proprietary world. I'm sure you'll make tons of cash. But you could probably make a lot more if you just followed standards like everybody else.
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ropeguru
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join:2001-01-25
Bridgeport, WV
clubs: | Filled with ads??
NO WAY!!!!! Not from AOHell!!!!
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ColdFiltered
join:2005-01-25
Atlanta, GA | reply to rchandra
Re: AOL VoIP for the AOL mentality
You must be AOL-bundled to use the Pop-Up VoIP service.  |
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rchandra
Stargate S G-1 And Atlantis Fan
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join:2000-11-09
14225-2105
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| Yeah, I was just reading that over at Voxilla. Geesh...not only do I have to pay them $30-40 for their VoIP service, I also have to pay them for their Internet access. Great deal, eh?  |
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oroper
Patriots Rule
join:2004-06-01
Beverly, MA
| use AOL....lol
and you will be |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
·North State Commun..
| WHAT?!?!
I am paying for a service and I am STILL subject to ads? Not only plain ads, but fricking POP-UP ads?
Good lord. Anything to make a buck.
Thank god the BBr staff doesn't follow that rule. Why more people won't follow this site's example on privacy and ads is beyond me. |
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floppyidea
@optonline.net
| That idea will flop faster than a 5.25" floppy!
Well, its coming for a company that bills one of the highest voip rates in the country (Time Warner) at $40-45 so they think $30-40 with ads and spam is a good idea?!?!?!
They have been smoking some of that RIAA/MPAA stuff for way too long!!! |
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biteman
join:2001-02-02
Grand Rapids, MI | Always Of Line's voip
What do you expect from "Always Of Line". They are all about Ad's a.k.a. SPAM!!!! |
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ColdFiltered
join:2005-01-25
Atlanta, GA | reply to Matt
Re: WHAT?!?!
If you are a BSFA customer and want to use the WebMail portal you are also subject to ads. Its the new ISP doctrine of renaming you Ben Dover. |
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mrherzog
join:2001-05-06
Coquitlam, BC
| Pop ups fro VoIP
I don't understand how a phone service gets pop-ups? Is this only for when you log into a web site for the service?.....other than "only AOL users doing such a thing in the first place" I don't get it....or did I just answer my own question?
I guess I just don't understand people who use AOL in the first place.....then again I don't understand why people would buy a DELL either, but that's another topic. |
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DrTCP
Yours truly
Premium,ExMod 1999-04
join:1999-11-09
Round Rock, TX
| reply to Matt
Re: WHAT?!?!
said by Matt :I am paying for a service and I am STILL subject to ads? Not only plain ads, but fricking POP-UP ads? Removing pop-ups would be someting unnatural for AOL. Their regular paid ISP service is also full of pop-ups. I never understood why people put up with that at a premium price... |
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JE
Can I Taste It? Mmmm
Premium
join:2000-12-15
Brooklyn, NY |  Liars!
I use AOL Voip, and there is no such thing! Maybe people with the actual service should be reviweing it!
JE |
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askmrauto
Spam Fighter
Premium
join:2005-04-05
San Antonio, TX | Seems like idiots flock together, HA |
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Metaman
@verizon.n
|  AOL?
 who still uses this trash? My guess its for people that still that need there hand held to surf the web... I dont feel sorry for them! You get what you pay for. My opinion is that it went out with webtv. Guess people dont like change or moving on to bigger and better things. |
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upidstay
@204.251.x.x | AOL VOIP
Wait until there are trojan horse programs (something simalar) that hijack voice packs, Call tech support? |
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Fatal Vector
@aol.com
| reply to DrTCP
Re: WHAT?!?!
Well, give them credit. You CAN stop all the popups, etc in the marketing section of the AOL clients preferences. and, there are 3rd party applications, such as ad buster that sit and auto close the myriad ads on their pages.
Hell, what do you expect? AOL is part of the largest and greediest media conglomerate around and if there's one thing we know about corporations like this, they believe that people actually want advertisements all over every page, jumping, jittering, sliding, hopping, blinking, flashing (You notice that you cant just simply turn flash player off...).....
AOL makes it's money off of Joe and Jane box of rocks, who, considering their proven stupidity, will likely go for this latest offering too. Myself? I'll just stay with my BASIC, no frills/gadgetry/"Features" SBC land line for now. It's private, unlikely to be hacked, gives me utter security when talking to someone and, costs me about the same.
I was under the impression that VOIP was supposed to cost LESS, yet, from what I see, it costs aproximately THE SAME as a regular landline with taxes. I dont get it, myself. Why bother? ESPECIALLY when you have to buy and expensuive "Handset" and hope it works properly on your connection.
One more shining example of something hyped as the coming of electronic nirvana, only to have some corporation insert itself in between and start hogging down monthly payments.
If all you guys are so clever, WHY cant someone come up with VOIP that doesn't require a middleman with his hand out? Now THAT would be something to crow about.
For that matter, why not a P2P application that networks by itself with other clients and doesn't require some group with "INC" in their names behind it to act as a lawsuit rod?
So much for real innovation. In the end, like allways, no matter what the "GURU's" say, money talks and the suckers pay. |
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Fatal Vector
@aol.com | reply to askmrauto
Re: Liars!
See? What did I tell you above about suckers? Dont you worry, the ads will come eventually. It's standard AOL and you know they love you-For your monthly payment. |
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